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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A United Airlines plane with 110 passengers on board made an emergency landing Thursday after taking off from New York's J.F. Kennedy International Airport because of flames in one engine, but no one was injured, officials said.

An airport spokesman said the Boeing 767 made the emergency landing soon after taking off at 9 a.m.. The pilot of United Airlines Flight 23 bound for Los Angeles returned the aircraft to the terminal safely.

"As it was departing the runway, there was a report of flames coming out of engine number two and as a precautionary measure the pilot brought the plane back," said spokesman Greg Trevor of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the region's major airports. "The aircraft taxied to the terminal under its own power and is being evaluated."

Trevor said there were no reports of any injuries to passengers.

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-- Doris (nocents@bellsouth.net), March 22, 2001

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Planes Make Emergency Landings in New York, Denver March 22, 2001 3:56 pm EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Passenger planes in New York and Denver made emergency landings on Thursday after a fire was reported in the engine of one aircraft and a tire blew on the other. No injuries were reported in either case. In New York, a United Airlines Boeing 767 plane with 119 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing at about 9 a.m. EST shortly after take off from John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The pilot of United Airlines Flight 23 bound for Los Angeles safely returned the aircraft to the terminal.

"As it was departing the runway, there was a report of flames coming out of engine number two and as a precautionary measure the pilot brought the plane back," said spokesman Greg Trevor of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the region's major airports.

"The aircraft taxied to the terminal under its own power and is being evaluated."

Trevor said there were no reports of any injuries to the 110 passengers or nine crew members, who left Kennedy on another flight at 10:40 a.m. EST

Spokeswoman Whitney Staley of United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp, said an "engine compressor stall caused a backfire in the engine."

In Colorado on Thursday, an American Airlines flight to San Jose, California, made an emergency landing minutes after taking off from Denver International Airport, but airport officials said all 131 on board were safe.

The plane took off around 12:15 p.m. EST and immediately blew out a tire whose parts then flew into the left engine, airport spokesman Steve Snyder said.

The plane immediately returned to the airport.

American Airlines is owned by AMR Corp.

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-- Doris (nocents@bellsouth.net), March 24, 2001.